(US $ Million)

Merchant

Inter-bank

Position Date

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

FCY / INR

FCY / FCY

Spot

Forward

Forward
Cancel-
lation

Spot

Forward

Forward
Cancel-
lation

Spot

Swap

Forward

Spot

Swap

Forward

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Purchases

Dec.

1, 2008

1,930

1,197

737

505

512

530

4,894

6,166

990

2,232

1,026

65

Dec.

2, 2008

1,459

1,099

464

279

839

865

3,831

9,655

652

2,667

2,479

132

Dec.

3, 2008

1,535

1,396

616

246

708

641

4,145

6,536

781

2,914

2,012

114

Dec.

4, 2008

1,514

706

542

328

543

713

3,655

6,969

1,278

2,970

3,815

146

Dec.

5, 2008

1,538

1,284

551

229

773

592

3,711

6,227

609

2,875

2,366

133

Sales

Dec.

1, 2008

2,241

1,496

937

484

514

598

4,409

6,665

607

2,223

1,442

62

Dec.

2, 2008

1,411

1,638

366

264

788

917

3,775

8,824

985

2,683

2,654

125

Dec.

3, 2008

1,332

1,167

500

229

687

646

4,083

6,658

752

2,901

2,134

114

Dec.

4, 2008

1,339

1,397

412

361

542

807

3,443

6,858

1,250

2,960

3,902

140

Dec.

5, 2008

1,403

1,230

745

226

746

606

3,486

7,217

673

2,882

2,444

163

FCY : Foreign Currency. INR : Indian Rupees. + : Market closed.
Note : Data relate to purchases and sales of foreign exchange on account of merchant and inter-bank transactions.